The Iron Broom (Album)

The iron broom
Studio album by Morlockk Dilemma
Publication (s)	2010
Label (s)	Spoken View Records
Format (s)	CD-R
Genre (s)	German hip-hop
Title (number)	37
running time	70 min. 27 sec.
production	Various
chronology Apocalypse Now ( 2009 ) The iron broom Post-Apocalypse NOW ( 2010 )

The iron broom is the fifth music album by the Leipzig rapper Morlockk Dilemma . It was released on May 1, 2010 on the Spoken View label .

The album is considered a mixtape because there are an unusually large number of tracks (37) on the album, each of which is relatively short. Guests ( features ) on the album are: Ruffkidd, Hiob, Goretex, JAW , Absztrakkt , Damion Davis, Retrogott , Acid Rain, Gory Gore, Audio88 & Yassin . There is also a greeting from Kool Savas on the track "Immer Wenn ich rhyme" .

Beats were produced by the following artists, among others: DJ D-fekt, Hulk Hodn , Dexter , Suff Daddy , Mortn Neo, Hieronymuz, Hubert Daviz, Gory Gore, Die Anomali and Morlockk Dilemma himself.

background

The title of the album is an allegory and relates to the predicted effect or intention: with a broom with iron bristles "the rubbish is swept out of the dusty corners". The title can be classified as controversial outside of its meaning: comparisons with the anti-Semitic newspaper Der Eiserne Besen can be drawn. However, the title is not consciously related to it. The rapper expresses himself as follows: “PS: Comparisons with magazines of the same name from the bad times are absurd and outrageous. Shame on you!". He also comments on the title in an interview with Splash magazine. He rejects any reference to the Austrian magazine and refers to the everyday use of the phrase.

style

The style of the album follows the previous Morlockk Dilemmas albums. Melodic, sometimes dark beats underline the rapper's fast, high-pitched speaking voice. If one looks at the texts, however, the listener is presented with a completely different picture compared to the oeuvre: without exception aggressive battle texts on the part of dilemmas. Some parts of the guests on the mixtape are also in the style of the battlerap.

Track list

#	title	Feature (s)	producer	Title length
1	The broom introduces itself			1:22
2	gold	Ruffkidd and Job		3:23
3	Candylight dinner			0:56
4th	Tartan skirt			0:54
5	Interlude			0:50
6th	Take care of your mouth	Goretex		2:59
7th	Street sweeper interlude			1:41
8th	Flokati carpet	JAW and Job	Morlockk Dilemma & Hieronymuz	2:44
9	The cheerful misery	Gory Gore	Gory Gore	2:34
10	Memory interlude			1:06
11	Goethe	Abstract and Job		2:19
12	Let me go			2:18
13	Violence or sex			1:23
14th	Nelson Mandela			0:54
15th	Pine cones		Hulk Hodn	0:46
16	Colin-Fernandez-and-the-Magic-Bean-Interlude			0:48
17th	Addendum (remix)			4:36
18th	Ascona			3:16
19th	Black carnations	Damion Davis		2:45
20th	Instrumental without title			0:59
21st	Respect zoller	YES W		2:41
22nd	Instrumental untitled # 2			0:44
23	Nothing except brooms	Audio88 & Yassin		3:01
24	Ring		Dexter	1:28
25th	elephant		Suff daddy	2:10
26th	Foreheading		Mortn Neo	1:02
27	The color bad	Retro god	Hubert Daviz	3:04
28	See Leipzig and die Interlude			0:48
29	Nobody (Remix)	YES W		2:38
30th	every time when I rhyme			1:05
31	Bud Pils			0:57
32	Home advantage			1:47
33	Journaille interlude			0:55
34	Stop Bitching (Remix)	Ruffkidd		3:27
35	Women interlude			1:10
36	Underground rap	Acid rain	The anomalies	3:30
37	The broom pulls away			1:43

The title Untergrundrap is based on a sample from the first movement of Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto . This version was released by Bach interpreter Wendy Carlos and his album Switched-On Bach , 1969.

There are three “wordcuts” on the album: Torch with “it's all about violence or sex” (Track 13, violence or sex , 0:53), Samy Deluxe with “please let me hear it again” (Track 5, Interlude , 0:10) and Kool Savas with a cut from the track LMS : “What's going on with you, all Emcees…” (Track 12, Let me go , 2:12).

criticism

For Splash magazine "[...] everything is unfortunately not consistently at the highest dilemma level in terms of content, but it is quite capable of climbing the German rap mixtape throne and leaving all other contenders dismembered". The features are also praised. Rap.de praises Morlockk Dilemmas' rap abilities, because it "ensures long-term fun with the CD, because you have to tap into it and not hear everything dead after playing it through twice". However, it is also emphasized that the topics in combination with the fast rap style could quickly lead to annoyance. The album is also rated positively on rappers.in: " The broom sweeps through the country ... I can only say that cleaning up has rarely given me such a pleasure".

The album received mostly good reviews, but received very different levels of attention among journalists. For some hip-hop editors it was one of the best albums in 2010, while others did not mention it in the annual top list.

continuation

In 2015, a sequel was released with the title The Iron Broom II . Features u. a. by Job , Karate Andi , Edgar Wasser , Retrogott , Audio88 & Yassin , Absztrakkt , Sylabil Spill and Warpath.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morlockk Dilemma "The Iron Broom" . Press release of the label
2. ↑ Morlockk's dilemma is THE IRON BROOM . Blog entry on MySpace from April 7, 2010
3. ↑ Review ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on splash-mag.de  
4. ↑ Review ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on rap.de  
5. ↑ Review on rappers.in
6. ↑ z. B. for Falk Schacht in Juice issue 1/2011